lipide

Definitions of lipide
  1. noun
    an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
    synonyms: lipoïde
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    vet
    a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
    motorolie, oleum, olie, olieaandeel, smeer, smeermiddel, smeersel, smeervet, strijksel, vet
    a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
    boenwas, lak, lakverf, meubelwas, was, wrijfwas
    any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
    spijsvet
    oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
    boterolie, raapolie
    edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
    amandelolie
    pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
    lavendelolie
    pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
    crotonolie
    viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
    stookolie
    a petroleum product used for fuel
    traan
    any oil obtained from animal substances
    cacaoboter
    a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans
    montaanwas
    a hard wax obtained from lignite
    foezel, foezelolie
    a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
    standolie
    a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C
    aardolie, petroleum, petrolie
    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
    leisteenolie
    oil extracted from oil shale by heating
    skiwas
    wax used on the bottom of skis
    lijnolie, lijnzaadolie
    a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
    bijenwas
    a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
    oorsmeer
    a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
    lampolie
    from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
    plantenwas, plantewas
    a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
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    macromolecule, reuzenmolecule
    any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
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